BestStart Weymouth

Nestled in the heart of Manurewa BestStart Weymouth is located off Weymouth Road, down a quiet street. The centre is easy to access and has plenty of car parking for those parents who want to either quickly drop off their little one before heading to work or who are wanting to stay and play for a bit. BestStart Weymouth is your child's destination for quality learning and education!

BestStart Weymouth is an early learning centre dedicated to giving the best care and education to our children. Nestled in the heart of Manurewa, our multicultural team welcome every family/whanau into a vibrant centre life. Our passionate and long-standing teachers develop confident learners ready for life by nurturing hearts, bodies and minds.

The room for our youngest children, Kiwi Room, is a nurturing space to support the care of infants and encourage their learning. Teachers get to know and love each child, understanding individual and family needs and creating a strong sense of belonging and relationship.Our young learners are supported to be active in our safe indoor-outdoor environments. Stimulating interactions with teachers and children develop language, interests and natural abilities. BestStart Weymouth’s healthy heart award means that nutritious infant food is prepared on-site to high safety standards.

The Ruru room is designed for the needs of 2-3-year-old children. Active, curious, independent toddlers are on a mission to learn about the world! Our team support learning at each child’s development stage and pace, partnering with family/whanau for the best outcomes.  Our passionate toddler teachers encourage self-help skills such as serving themselves food, toileting and making safe choices. The Ruru room is a fun, exciting adventure that our toddlers love to be part of.

The Tui room is a new classroom which was created in September 2020. It caters for children 3-years and over till they reach their last destination at BestStart Weymouth which is the Tane Mahuta Room. In our Tui room, we place importance on relationships with children, Whanau, our learning/teaching community and our Papatūānuku (mother earth). The teachers of this room begin building the important trusting relationships with the children from the very first day. We believe that each child is unique with their own individual stories to tell, listening to the children is what we need to do as their kaiako.  In our room we believe in encouraging the children to use their voices and how important it is not to just be seen but also heard – We want the children to know that we see and hear them, whatever they have to say has a meaning and how much it is valued!

The Tane Mahuta room (God of the Forest) is where our busy and inquisitive preschoolers like to be.  Each day is a new adventure – it could be getting colourful in the Holi festival, making Maori bread for Matariki or taking an excursion to the library. Our teaching programme is based on Te Whaariki (NZ curriculum) and gets children ready for school by developing independence, social skills and language. Our Be School Ready initiative is designed to support children’s next big learning step when they move to primary school. We support parents and children as they develop the skills and attitudes for being a lifelong learner.

BestStart’s Hauora (health) programme helps develop happy and healthy bodies and minds. Our large playgrounds encourage physical exercise with children becoming capable of using hoops, balls and climbing frames. Our centre cook provides plenty of healthy food on a seasonal menu that meets Healthy Heart standards.

Part of the award winning BestStart family, we've been voted the Most Trusted early childhood education provider in NZ.

BestStart Weymouth is your child's destination for early learning.

Who is BestStart?

BestStart is for families who want more from early-childhood education. Safe, nurturing and educationally focused, we’re committed to growing caring people with curious minds.

Together we teach, learn and nurture.

Our vision is to work in partnership with families, whanau and communities to enable children to achieve their learning potential.

Ko tō mātou tirohanga hei mahi ngātahi i te taha o ngā whānau me ngā hāpori, kia āwhinatia ngā tamariki, kia tū pito mata ai rāatou, hei rangatira mō āpōpō.

We are committed to being a progressive and responsive leader in early-childhood education. We do this by enhancing our services, investing in our people, developing our support structure and continuously improving the educational outcomes and experiences of our children, families and the communities we serve.

Some facts:

• We’re licensed to educate and care for 15,000 full-time children daily.
• 18,000 families use BestStart services annually.
• We have over 270 centres nationwide located from Whangarei to Invercargill.
• Each centre is managed by a Centre Manager who is supported by a local Area Manager. This gives our centre teams ongoing quality training and support.
• Te Whāriki, the world-wide acclaimed national early childhood education curriculum, is used in all centres.
• We have over 4500 permanent teachers nationally. Over 90% of our permanent teaching staff are either fully qualified with a diploma or bachelor of teaching (ECE) or higher, or are in training. These figures are very high by national standards within the ECE sector.
• We provide a two-year Advice and Guidance Programme for all recently certified teachers, providing further mentoring and training. This gives strong support for teachers from provisional registration to full teacher registration with the NZ Teachers Council.
• We regularly spend around $4 million on teacher training per annum.

We’re for children

At our heart is our commitment and passion for children. Central to this belief is our focus on the holistic development of children. We support children to explore the world around them, learning through relationships, creating a love of learning in an ever-changing world. Exploration, friendship and fun are part of the journey.

We’re for good

BestStart is a registered charity owned by the Wright Family Foundation. We support initiatives and programmes within BestStart and the wider early-childhood education sector (ECE) that support good outcomes for all children. We do this because we want to make a positive difference to the lives of all children.

Innovation leads us

At BestStart, innovation guides our thinking. We advocate positive change for learners through our research and practice. We’re proud to be thought leaders within ECE, openly challenging ourselves to think differently to provide the best for our children, families and staff.

We’re responsive

Our centres reflect their children, staff and communities. We celebrate individuality, uniqueness and diversity, encouraging a spirit of empathy, understanding and collaboration. Through our responsive relationships and our curriculum, we support learners to choose their own path.

Our people matter

At BestStart people come first. When we grow and develop our people, everyone benefits. We strive for whakamana/empowerment, nurturing a culture of excellence with engaged, talented professionals. Their commitment, skill and passion light our way.